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Ice Cream Is No Substitute for a Family Outing by Ladydreamer (G)
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simplytoopretty and I'll be taking the Smallville van out for my second tour. I'm very excited and I have a mixed bag of recs planned for this month. Let the madness begin!
Fandom: SMALLVILLE
Pairing: None (gen)
Length: 3900 words
Author on LJ:ladydreamer
Author Website: fanfiction tag
What this must be read:
This fic was written for a Kid-A-Thon challenge last year. There's a slight bias in this rec sinceladydreamer wrote this story to fulfill my prompt request. Yet I'm reccing it anyways because I think it's a great example of kid!fic done right. It has Chloe and Lois, along with Gabe, and it deals with a road trip. The trip isn't the important aspect of the story: what's important is the relationship ladydreamer crafts between Chloe and Lois. The story is set after Chloe's mother leaves and really establishes this lovely bond between the two cousins, a bond which Smallville has showed, particularly in seasons 4 and 5. The story is slightly AU as the author decided to use a backstory for Chloe from season 2 instead of the one the show seemingly settled on in season 6, but that doesn't detract from the story. The story is lovely and moving and I heartily recommend it.
The Midwestern sky was blazing hot that day as Gabe Sullivan pulled into the parking lot of a small diner painted garishly in pink and turquoise. The whole state was warm and muggy, it seemed, and the air conditioner was only doing a little to cut them some slack. He sighed, marshaling the last bit of his patience, and turned to the two young girls in the back. His eight-year-old niece Lois was pulling a comic book out of five-year-old Chloe’s hands.
“Lois, please share with your cousin,” Gabe said, although his tone made it clear that it was not a request. He wasn’t particularly thrilled to have her along. Not that his disliked his niece. Not at all. Normally, when the families got together, Lois was very fun to play ball and wrestle with. But after Chloe’s mother Gillian had walked out on them, he had been working so much that he’d been hard pressed to find real quality time with his little girl, who still seemed anxious that if he left her sight for too long that he would not be coming back.
“I am sharing!” Lois protested, widening her eyes as she spoke to emphasize what she was saying.
“Are you?” Gabe asked.
Lois’ pink little lower lip rolled out and she took one of her two thick braids in her fingers to twist around, and Gabe sighed again. It must have been difficult for the girl, losing her mother so young. She had been about Chloe’s age when it had happened, and he knew that Sam was struggling enough with their youngest Lucy, and at home, Lois was spending a lot of time taking care of her little sister instead of being a child.
simplytoopretty and I'll be taking the Smallville van out for my second tour. I'm very excited and I have a mixed bag of recs planned for this month. Let the madness begin!Fandom: SMALLVILLE
Pairing: None (gen)
Length: 3900 words
Author on LJ:
ladydreamerAuthor Website: fanfiction tag
What this must be read:
This fic was written for a Kid-A-Thon challenge last year. There's a slight bias in this rec since
ladydreamer wrote this story to fulfill my prompt request. Yet I'm reccing it anyways because I think it's a great example of kid!fic done right. It has Chloe and Lois, along with Gabe, and it deals with a road trip. The trip isn't the important aspect of the story: what's important is the relationship ladydreamer crafts between Chloe and Lois. The story is set after Chloe's mother leaves and really establishes this lovely bond between the two cousins, a bond which Smallville has showed, particularly in seasons 4 and 5. The story is slightly AU as the author decided to use a backstory for Chloe from season 2 instead of the one the show seemingly settled on in season 6, but that doesn't detract from the story. The story is lovely and moving and I heartily recommend it. The Midwestern sky was blazing hot that day as Gabe Sullivan pulled into the parking lot of a small diner painted garishly in pink and turquoise. The whole state was warm and muggy, it seemed, and the air conditioner was only doing a little to cut them some slack. He sighed, marshaling the last bit of his patience, and turned to the two young girls in the back. His eight-year-old niece Lois was pulling a comic book out of five-year-old Chloe’s hands.
“Lois, please share with your cousin,” Gabe said, although his tone made it clear that it was not a request. He wasn’t particularly thrilled to have her along. Not that his disliked his niece. Not at all. Normally, when the families got together, Lois was very fun to play ball and wrestle with. But after Chloe’s mother Gillian had walked out on them, he had been working so much that he’d been hard pressed to find real quality time with his little girl, who still seemed anxious that if he left her sight for too long that he would not be coming back.
“I am sharing!” Lois protested, widening her eyes as she spoke to emphasize what she was saying.
“Are you?” Gabe asked.
Lois’ pink little lower lip rolled out and she took one of her two thick braids in her fingers to twist around, and Gabe sighed again. It must have been difficult for the girl, losing her mother so young. She had been about Chloe’s age when it had happened, and he knew that Sam was struggling enough with their youngest Lucy, and at home, Lois was spending a lot of time taking care of her little sister instead of being a child.